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G Suite Gmail: Default Routing vs Routing

In G Suite's Gmail advanced settings, there is a place for Routing and a separate tab for Default Routing. The settings are not in sync. What is the difference between them?

I am trying to setup special routings like catch-all and the some guides told me to do it in Routing while some showed me how to do it in Default Routing.

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Solution

  • I've contacted the GSuite support (mail and phone) because I had the exact same question. This is the answer I received from them (translated from german):

    Es gibt einen Unterschied zwischen Standard-Routing und Routing. Beim Standard-Routing erstellen Sie das gesamte Routing für die Domäne. Im Standard-Routing haben Sie die Möglichkeit, den verschiedenen Regeln Priorität zuzuweisen, was beim Routing nicht möglich ist. https://support.google.com/a/answer/2368153?hl=de#ordering

    There is a difference between "Default-Routing" and "Routing". With "Default-Routing" you can create routes for the whole domain. With "Default-Routing" you can add priorities for the ruleset, which is not possible with "Routing".

    Vor einem Jahr gab es etwas namens User Level Routing. Es war auf Benutzerebene verfügbar und wurde über die Admin-Konsole> Benutzer erstellt. Diese Option wurde veraltet und der Abschnitt Routing wurde erstellt, wenn alle zuvor erstellten Benutzer Routings sichtbar waren. https://support.google.com/a/answer/2685650?hl=de

    Until last year (2017) there was also "User-Level-Routing". It has been available on user-level and could be created under "Admin > Users". (and now comes the weird sentence) This option has been deprecated and the section "Routing" has been created, if (when?) all formerly created User-Routings were visible.

    Mit Routing können Sie keine Priorität festlegen, und Sie können es nicht zum Erstellen bestimmter Routing Vorgänge auf Domänenebene verwenden.

    With "Routing" you cannot add priorities and you cannot use it for creating certain routing-procedures on domain-level.

    @williamli: were you able to get further insights?

    Best, Chris